# 蟹

| 蟹 | U+87F9, &#34809; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87F9 |
| ← 蟸 [U+87F8] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蟺 → [U+87FA] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蟹 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 弓手中一戈 (NQLMI), four-corner 2713$_6$, composition ⿱解虫)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1098, character 49
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33668
* Dae Jaweon: page 1563, character 5
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2898, character 2
* Unihan data for U+87F9

## Chinese

* 蟹 (Classical)
* 蟹 (Cantonese)
* 蟹 (Written Standard Chinese)

### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 蟹
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 薢 | *kreː, *kreːʔ, *kreːs |
| 解 | *kreːʔ, *kreːs, *ɡreːʔ, *ɡreːs |
| 檞 | *kreːʔ |
| 懈 | *kreːs |
| 繲 | *kreːs |
| 廨 | *kreːs |
| 蟹 | *ɡreːʔ |
| 獬 | *ɡreːʔ |
| 澥 | *ɡreːʔ |
| 嶰 | *ɡreːʔ |
| 邂 | *ɡreːs |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡreːʔ) : phonetic 解 (OC *kreːʔ, *kreːs, *ɡreːʔ, *ɡreːs) + semantic 虫. Originally written as 蠏.

### Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-k(j)aːj (“crab”). Compare S'gaw Karen ဆွဲၣ် (hsweh̀).

#### “to decrease in value’

    From 蟹貨／蟹货. See there for more.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): xiè, xiě (xie$^4$, xie$^3$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˋ, ㄒㄧㄝˇ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): hai$^3$ / xiai$^4$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): haai$^5$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): hai$^2$
* Gan (Wiktionary): hai$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): hái
    (Meixian, Guangdong): hai$^3$
* Jin (Wiktionary): xie$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): hāi
* Eastern Min (BUC): hâ
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hōe / hǒe / hē / hāi / hǎi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hoi$^6$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$ha
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): hai$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiè
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siè
*** Wade–Giles: hsieh$^4$
*** Yale: syè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shieh
*** Palladius: се (se)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, variant)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiě
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siě
*** Wade–Giles: hsieh$^3$
*** Yale: syě
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiee
*** Palladius: се (se)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: hai$^3$ / xiai$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xaai / xiai
*** Sinological IPA : /xai⁵³/, /ɕiɛi²¹³/
* hai3 - vernacular;
* xiai4 - literary.
* Middle Chinese: heaX
Rime :
| Character | 蟹 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 佳 (31) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 胡買切 |
| Baxter | heaX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦˠɛ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦᵚæ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣæi$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦaɨj$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣɛ$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣai$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ɣai$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xià |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | haai$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*m-kˤreʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡreːʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 蟹 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | xiè |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ hɛ$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*m-kˁreʔ/ |
| English | crab |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蟹 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 6482 |
| Phonetic component | 解 |
| Rime group | 支 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 蟹 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡreːʔ/ |
| Notes | 說文蟲在左 |

### Definitions

蟹
* crab (Classifier: 隻／只 c)
    From: The Classic of Mountains and Seas
    Dàxiè zài hǎizhōng. [Pinyin]
    A great crab is in the middle of the sea.
    From: Xunzi, c. 3rd century BCE
    Xiè liù guì ér èr áo, fēi shéshàn zhī xué, wúkě jìtuō zhě, yòngxīn zào yě. [Pinyin]
    The crab has six legs and two pincers; yet without the snake's or the eel's hole, it cannot have a shelter; for its mind is restless.
* (Cantonese, slang, of stocks, goods, etc.) to decrease in value, such that selling it will result in loss

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 螃蟹, 蟹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 螃蟹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 螃蟹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 蟹子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 螃蟹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 螃蟹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 螃蟹 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 螃蟹 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 螃蟹, 肥蟹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 螃蟹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 螃蟹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 螃蟹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 螃蟹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 螃蟹 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 螃蟹 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 螃蟹 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 螃蟹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 螃蟹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 螃蟹, 蟹子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 螃蟹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 螃蟹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 螃蟹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 螃蟹 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 螃蟹 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 螃蟹 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 爬蟹 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Chuzhou | 螃蟹 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 蟹子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 蟹, 打橫 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 螃鉗 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 螃蟹 large, 螃鉗 small |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 螃蟹 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 螃鉗 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 螃蟹 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 螃蟹 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 蟹, 青蟹 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 螃蟹 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 蟹 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 蟹 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 螃蟹 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 螃蟹 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 爬拐, 螃蟹 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Dabu (Xihe) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 蟹 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 蟹 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Changting | 螃蟹 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 蟹子 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 蟹子 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 螃蟹 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 螃蟹 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 壙蟹 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 壙蟹, 螃蟹 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 壙蟹 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 壙蟹 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 毛蟹 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 毛蟹 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 老蟹, 毛蟹 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 老蟹, 蟹 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 蟹 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 螃蟹 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Shahe) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) | 老蟹 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 老蟹 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 蟹蟹 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 螃蟹 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 螃蟹 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 螃蟹 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 螃蟹 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 蟹 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 蟹 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 蟹仔 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 蟹仔 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 蟹仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 螃蟹 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 鰻蟹 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 老蟹 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 蟳仔, 蟳 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 蟳 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 蟳仔, 蟳 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 蟳 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 蟳仔, 蟳 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 蟳 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 蟳 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 蟳仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 蟳仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 蟳仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 蟳仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 蟳仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 蟳 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 蟳 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 蟳仔 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 蠘仔 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 蟳 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 蟳, 蟳仔 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 蟳 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 肉蟹 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 螃蟹 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 蟹 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 蟹, 田蟹 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 蟹 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 蟹 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 蟹 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 蟹 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 蟹 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 蟹 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 蟹 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 蟹 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 蟹 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 蟹 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 螃蟹 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 螃蟹 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 蟹仔 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 蟹 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 老蟹 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 老蟹 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 老蟹 |
| Shehua | Hua'an | 老蟹 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 老蟹 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 老蟹 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 老蟹 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 老蟹 |
| Shehua | Longyou | 老蟹 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 老蟹 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 老蟹 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 蟹 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 蟹, 老毛蟹 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 蟹 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 蟹 |
| Wu | Danyang | 螃蟹, 蟹 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 湖蟹 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 蟹 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 蟹, 十隻腳 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 蟹 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 螃蟹 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 螃蟹 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 螃蟹, 螃解子 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 螃蟹 |

### Compounds

* 一蟹不如一蟹 (yī xiè bùrú yī xiè)
* 上山捉蟹——難 / 上山捉蟹——难 (shàngshān zhuō xiè, nán)
* 大煠蟹 (dàzháxiè)
* 大石砸死蟹
* 大閘蟹 / 大闸蟹 (dàzháxiè)
* 寄居蟹 (jìjūxiè)
* 巨蟹座 (Jùxièzuò)
* 快蟹船
* 扮蟹
* 旭蟹
* 梭子蟹 (suōzixiè)
* 毛蟹 (máoxiè)
* 沒腳蟹 / 没脚蟹
* 沙蟹
* 河蟹 (héxiè)
* 海蟹
* 炒蝦拆蟹 / 炒虾拆蟹
* 無腳蟹 / 无脚蟹
* 瓷蟹
* 百足蟹
* 紅蟹 / 红蟹
* 蘆洲蟹舍 / 芦洲蟹舍
* 蝦兵蟹將 / 虾兵蟹将 (xiābīngxièjiàng)
* 蝦荒蟹亂 / 虾荒蟹乱
* 螃蟹 (pángxiè)
* 蟹匡蟬緌 / 蟹匡蝉𮉫
* 蟹殼臉 / 蟹壳脸
* 蟹狀星雲 / 蟹状星云
* 蟹箝
* 蟹股
* 蟹蛛
* 蟹螯 (xiè'áo)
* 蟹行 (xièxíng)
* 蟹行文字
* 蟹貨 / 蟹货
* 蟹貨 / 蟹货
* 蟹青
* 蟹黃 / 蟹黄 (xièhuáng)
* 蠶績蟹匡 / 蚕绩蟹匡 (cánjìxièkuāng)
* 軟腳蟹 / 软脚蟹 (ruǎnjiǎoxiè)
* 醉蟹
* 青蟹
* 魚蝦蟹 / 鱼虾蟹

### References

* “蟹”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: げ (ge)
* Kan-on: かい (kai)
* Kun: かに (kani, 蟹)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 蟹
* かに Jinmeiyō
* kun'yomi
From Old Japanese; attested in the Kojiki of 712; in turn, reconstructed from Proto-Japonic *kani. Further etymology unknown, although some sources claim that the final syllable ni is related to 丹 (ni, “red clay”).
Many dialects also have an initial voiced consonant in the first syllable.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) かに [kàní] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ka̠ɲ̟i]
* (Kyoto) かに [kání] (Kōki – [0])
* Historical evolution of the Kyoto pitch accent
   * (the Heian period) HH
    ※ H for high and flat syllables (◌́), L for low and flat syllables (◌̀), F for high-to-low syllables (◌̂), R for low-to-high syllables (◌̌). ※ References:

#### Noun

蟹(かに) or 蟹(カニ) • (kani)
* [from 712] a crab (infraorder Brachyura)
* [date unspecified] the act of walking stretched and sideways, like a crab
* [from late Edo period] the act of a prostitute who secretly meets with her lover
* (slang, criminal, stall keeper) [from 1892] scissors
* (colloquial) [date unspecified] a handjob (stimulating the penis using a hand); a pussy (vulva); a prostitute
* [from 970-999] Synonym of 蟹糞 (kanikuso, “meconium”)
* [date unspecified] a swell of an infant with water and pus
    Synonym: 水瘡 (mizugasa)
* [date unspecified] a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) containing crabs, a front-facing crab in a circle, and square crabs
* [date unspecified] a head in 人形浄瑠璃 (ningyōjōruri) whose face is stretched out like a crab; two is used for honest men and another for minor characters
* [date unspecified] a style used in 生け花 (ikebana) whose metallic part looks like a crab
* [from 1930] a term used to mock Western women who are bow-legged

##### Usage notes

* As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as カニ.

### Etymology 2

Variant of 蟹 (kani). This reading is also used in some Japanese dialects.

#### Noun

蟹(がね) • (gane)
* (obsolete in standard Japanese) [from 1847] Synonym of 蟹 (kani, “crab”)

### References

* 1 2 3 4 5 6 “かに 【蟹】”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
* ↑ Omodaka, Hisataka (1967) 時代別国語大辞典 上代編 [The dictionary of historical Japanese: Old Japanese] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN, page 204
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Kikai
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

### Etymology

Cognate with Japanese 蟹 (kani, “crab”).
Possibly cognate with Korean 게 (ge, “crab”); compare Jeju 깅이 (ging'i, “crab”).

### Noun

蟹(がにー) (ganī)
* crab

## Korean
### Hanja

蟹 (eumhun 게 해 (ge hae))
* crab

## Miyako
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

### Etymology

Cognate with Japanese 蟹 (kani, “crab”).
Possibly cognate with Korean 게 (ge, “crab”); compare Jeju 깅이 (ging'i, “crab”).

### Noun

蟹(かん) (kan)
* crab

## Okinawan
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

### Etymology

Cognate with Japanese 蟹(かに) (kani). Possibly cognate with Korean 게 (ge, “crab”); compare Jeju 깅이 (ging'i, “crab”).

### Noun

蟹(がに) (gani)
* crab

## Okinoerabu
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

### Etymology

Cognate with Japanese 蟹 (kani, “crab”).
Possibly cognate with Korean 게 (ge, “crab”); compare Jeju 깅이 (ging'i, “crab”).

### Noun

蟹(がに) (gani)
* crab

## Vietnamese
### Han character

蟹: Hán Nôm readings: giải
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

## Yoron
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

### Etymology

Cognate with Japanese 蟹 (kani, “crab”).
Possibly cognate with Korean 게 (ge, “crab”);

### Noun

蟹(がん) (gan)
* crab